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by Robert Mullen
Myth and Meaning on the Road to Compostela
208 pages paperback
Discover the history of the Camino along with the myths, legends and miraculous stories that have, over time, become attached to this most popular of pilgrimages.
Join Robert Mullen as he walks the Camino Francés – the pilgrim’s path from Saint-Jean- Pied-de-Port at the foot of the Pyrenées in France all the way to the shrine of Saint James at Santiago de Compostela and then on to Finisterre (‘the end of the earth’) at the westernmost point of Spain.
No two pilgrims are likely to experience or to understand the Camino in exactly the same way; but all of those who walk it will experience the same miracle – this pilgrimage will play a defining role in their lives!
Meet the new friends Robert made at various stages on the way – they are remarkably different from each other: home country, background, motivation to walk the Camino. What is common to them all is that they have left behind what is familiar and habitual in order to wake each day to a new vista, to a new stretch of road, to the scents and the flavours of a land other than their own. Buen Camino!
"Many pilgrims return from the camino with a desire to write and publish their experiences along the way – most fail in that endeavour for being unable to convey a sense of the aliveness of the journey. Robert Mullen brings a lovely blend of humour bordering on ‘Chauceresque’ irreverence, but it always feels relevant and authentic. As he nears the end of the journey he realizes that, ‘never before had I lived life so intensely.’ Now that’s the result of heeding the Call of the Camino and if you hear it through these pages – don’t forget to respond as it might be the most important wake-up call of your life – don't go back to sleep."
—John Brierley, author of The Camino Guides
"In this book, the camino 'calls' the reader with three interwoven voices: personal experience, history and an anthropological perspective. Well-written (nothing is redundant), well-researched and extremely readable, Robert Mullen has a rare gift for presenting conversation and conveying, very subtly, essential information about foreign terms and concepts without being either pedantic or condescending."
—Alison Raju, author of The Way of St James: Pyrenees- Santiago-Finisterre
Should be worth the read.
Myth and Meaning on the Road to Compostela
208 pages paperback
Discover the history of the Camino along with the myths, legends and miraculous stories that have, over time, become attached to this most popular of pilgrimages.
Join Robert Mullen as he walks the Camino Francés – the pilgrim’s path from Saint-Jean- Pied-de-Port at the foot of the Pyrenées in France all the way to the shrine of Saint James at Santiago de Compostela and then on to Finisterre (‘the end of the earth’) at the westernmost point of Spain.
No two pilgrims are likely to experience or to understand the Camino in exactly the same way; but all of those who walk it will experience the same miracle – this pilgrimage will play a defining role in their lives!
Meet the new friends Robert made at various stages on the way – they are remarkably different from each other: home country, background, motivation to walk the Camino. What is common to them all is that they have left behind what is familiar and habitual in order to wake each day to a new vista, to a new stretch of road, to the scents and the flavours of a land other than their own. Buen Camino!
"Many pilgrims return from the camino with a desire to write and publish their experiences along the way – most fail in that endeavour for being unable to convey a sense of the aliveness of the journey. Robert Mullen brings a lovely blend of humour bordering on ‘Chauceresque’ irreverence, but it always feels relevant and authentic. As he nears the end of the journey he realizes that, ‘never before had I lived life so intensely.’ Now that’s the result of heeding the Call of the Camino and if you hear it through these pages – don’t forget to respond as it might be the most important wake-up call of your life – don't go back to sleep."
—John Brierley, author of The Camino Guides
"In this book, the camino 'calls' the reader with three interwoven voices: personal experience, history and an anthropological perspective. Well-written (nothing is redundant), well-researched and extremely readable, Robert Mullen has a rare gift for presenting conversation and conveying, very subtly, essential information about foreign terms and concepts without being either pedantic or condescending."
—Alison Raju, author of The Way of St James: Pyrenees- Santiago-Finisterre
Should be worth the read.